Fault Lines and Controversies in the Study of Seventeenth-century English LiteratureClaude J. Summers, Ted-Larry Pebworth Written by various experts in the field, this volume of thirteen original essays explores some of the most significant theoretical and practical fault lines and controversies in seventeenth-century English literature. The turn into the twenty-first century is an appropriate time to take stock of the state of the field, and, as part of that stock-taking, the need arises to assess both where literary study of the early modern period has been and where it might desirably go. Hence, many of the essays in this collection look both backward and forward. They chart the changes in the field over the past half century, while also looking forward to more change in the future. Some of the essays collected here explore the points of friction, vulnerability, and division that have emerged in literary study of all periods at the end of the twentieth century, such as theory, gender, sexuality, race, and religion. Others are more narrowly focused on fault lines and controversies peculiar to the study of Renaissance and seventeenth-century literature. At the same time nearly all of these essays examine and illuminate particular works of literature. They engage theory, but they also illustrate their points concretely by enacting practical criticism of works by authors ranging from Bacon to Milton. What emerges from the collection is a sense of the field's dynamism and vitality. The dominant mood of the essays is a cautious optimism, and, while the contributors are by no means complacent, they all share a belief that the fault lines that have emerged in the field are variously and valuably instructive. By exposing these fault lines the essayists seek a means of acknowledging differences and disagreements without covering them up. They also constructively suggest ways of addressing the issues as a prerequisite to bridging them. By broaching some of the most significant questions that animate the study of early modern literature at the turn into a new century, this volume will be of great value to any student or scholar of seventeenth-century literature. |
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... relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge , nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and constitute at the same time power relations . These " power - knowledge relations " are to be analysed , therefore ...
... relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge , nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and constitute at the same time power relations . These " power - knowledge relations " are to be analysed , therefore ...
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... relations to them , though he spends forty pages discussing Donne's other friends and acquaintances during the years of his ... relation to Gallican Catholicism ( 222 ) . The pic- ture of Donne rendered here is one that , while departing ...
... relations to them , though he spends forty pages discussing Donne's other friends and acquaintances during the years of his ... relation to Gallican Catholicism ( 222 ) . The pic- ture of Donne rendered here is one that , while departing ...
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... relation to men ( the wife of Robert Browning , the sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti , the sister of Philip Sidney , the consort of Robert Graves ) , or they have existed as peculiar phenomena of one time and one place . It cannot be a ...
... relation to men ( the wife of Robert Browning , the sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti , the sister of Philip Sidney , the consort of Robert Graves ) , or they have existed as peculiar phenomena of one time and one place . It cannot be a ...
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